The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today welcomed the statements of the Aquino government's peace adviser Teresita Deles reciprocating earlier declarations of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) that it remains open to the resumption of formal peace negotiations between the NDFP and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today dismissed "as a big joke" the declaration yesterday by newly installed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ricardo David that the military can put an end to the revolutionary armed struggle within three years.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today expressed doubts on whether newly installed President Benigno Aquino III has any serious intention of resolving through peace negotiations the root causes of the ongoing civil war. The CPP noted how he completely failed to address the issue in his innaugural speech yesterday.

The cat is finally out of the bag. Now it can be said without any shade of public doubt. That in its failed and defeated Operation Plan Bantay Laya II, the 10th Infantry Division-AFP recruits and arms minors as combat pawns in its war against the people and the revolutionary forces. That what it accuses the people's army of doing turns out to be a matter of official policy in its ranks, long practiced in their counter-revolutionary theater.

What better proof than CAFGU Juve Latiban (SN # CT-G09000182), a 17-year-old minor. As a combatant of the AFP and their paramilitary forces, he was arrested at a checkpoint put up by the Conrado Heredia Command-NPA in sitio Mabatas, Barangay Upper Ulip, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province on June 19.

Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos
National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindanao
June 29, 2010

The US-Arroyo regime will go down in history as the most corrupt and one of the more unpopular regimes our country ever had, owing this distinction much on scandalously enriching itself while pushing the Filipino people down to worst poverty levels.

Like all other fascist regimes before it, its National Internal Security Plan (NISP) code named Oplan Bantay Laya, is responsible for the deaths of more than a thousand who fell victim to extra-judicial killings and whose brutal military campaigns and operations have committed the most brazen of human rights violations in recent history, and caused the dislocation of millions of people.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) joins the Filipino people in marking the eve of the stepping down of the US-Arroyo regime, which ruled the Philippines for nine and a half years with sheer brutality, corruption and subservience to foreign interests. At the same time, the CPP reiterates the need to persist along the path of revolutionary struggle and achieve great strides in advancing people's war through the next several years of the new US-Aquino regime.

Prof. Jose Ma. Sison
Founding Chairman, Communist Party of the Philippines
Chief Political Consultant, National Democratic Front of the Philippines
June 28, 2010

I wish to convey most heartfelt condolences to the family and close comrades of Ka Beato Lacaba. I share your deep sense of loss as I am aware of his long dedicated service to the Filipino people, especially among his colleagues and friends in the field of science and technology. I owe to Ka Beato a special debt of gratitude in his capacity as sales manager of Aklat ng Bayan for playing a key role in publishing and distributing my books.